Cocaine Haul

December 26, 1985

MEXICO CITY — The year is almost over and Mexican police are trying to measure their crime-fighting worth. One way is to measure the amount of cocaine seized. In 1985 it was close to 3 tons of pure cocaine. The record haul of 5,600 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $85 million, was part of an ''ongoing campaign to end drug trafficking'' toward the United States, a police statement said.